Allegheny County Jail Warden Orlando Harper is retiring next month after 11 years as the jail’s top official, the county announced Tuesday. “I have been honored to serve in this role for over a decade and am announcing my retirement with mixed feelings,” Harper said in a statement. “When I
Only two plaintiffs remain as part of the civil rights lawsuit filed against York County and its controversial prison training contractor over alleged human rights abuses.
At a hearing on Tuesday, lawyers asked a federal judge to issue an injunction stopping the use of probation detainers in Allegheny County unless procedural safeguards are implemented.
Tate Stanford, 23, was serving two years of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in March 2022. Six months later, he was arrested for carrying a gun without a license, possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property. Although bail was set on the new charges, Stanford was held in